Woodland Plantation

On January 8, 1811, Charles Deslondes and other enslaved men struck at Manuel Andry's plantation near here. Andry was hit with an axe and survived by crossing the river; his son Gilbert was killed. Deslondes, described as the rebels' principal chief, had met beforehand with Quamana, owned by planter James Brown, and with Harry, owned by Kenner and Henderson. Kook, another leader, killed planter François Trépagnier. Estimates of the force run from 64 to 125 at the start and 200 to 500 in all. Andry then helped raise the militia that met the march.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Whitney Plantation — 10 mi
  A museum on a former sugar plantation along the River Road that tells its story through the people who were enslaved there, with memorials to 107,000 enslaved Louisianans and 2,200 children.
• Destrehan Plantation — 11 mi
  A River Road house begun in 1787 where, in January 1811, a tribunal of five slaveholders tried people who had risen on the German Coast, and where an exhibit now tells the revolt.
• Tickfaw State Park — 24 mi
  A floodplain park on the Tickfaw River, with cypress-tupelo swamp, bottomland hardwoods and about 4.75 miles of trails and boardwalks, plus a nature center with an 800-gallon river aquarium.
• Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 — 25 mi
  The Garden District's 1833 cemetery of about 1,100 family tombs, closed to visitors in 2019 and reopened on October 1, 2026 for small guided tours run by the Preservation Resource Center.

More markers nearby

• Welcome To Main Street Park — steps away
• A. Montz — 0.4 mi
• 1811 Kid Ory Historic House — 0.4 mi
• Laplace — 1.2 mi